Permic

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proper noun A group of Finnic languages spoken in the northwest Urals, including Komi and Udmurt.

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I'm not sure why we got stuck on *septm but since we're here, I could probably mention about having crafted a hypothesis on how to get Finno-Permic *śeŋćim- out of that.

Update of my "Diachrony of Pre-IE" document 2008
My etymological dictionary suggests an Iranic origin as also possible for the latter, but the lack of cognates in Permic etc. languages makes this seem dubious.

Never judge a book by its nom de plume 2008
My etymological dictionary suggests an Iranic origin as also possible for the latter, but the lack of cognates in Permic etc. languages makes this seem dubious.

Never judge a book by its nom de plume 2008